Category Archives: News
Online ME/CFS self-management course to go ahead in North Wales!
Pilot online self-management course for ME/CFS confirmed in North Wales, Aug-Sep 2021 The Health Board has confirmed that there have been enough applicants to make it worthwhile to run the course. A big thank you to all who helped spread … Continue reading
Research: Pathomechanisms & possible interventions in ME/CFS
Pathomechanisms and possible interventions in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Øystein Fluge, Karl J. Tronstad, and Olav Mella in J Clin Invest. 2021;131(14):e150377 [doi.org/10.1172/JCI150377] July 15, 2021 Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease with … Continue reading
Viewpoint: ME/CFS: when suffering is multiplied
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: when suffering is multiplied, by Anthony L Komaroff in Healthcare 2021, 9(7), 919 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070919] 20 July 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected) Article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Continue reading
Dr Nina Muirhead says: Doctors believe in ME
Royal College of Physicians blog: Doctors believe in ME, 15 July 2021 In a follow up to her 2019 blog post, Dr Nina Muirhead discusses a recent surge in clinical interest in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). In 2019, … Continue reading
Top tips – Coping with hot weather
Top tips for ME/CFS: Coping with heat and hot weather When memories of cold and wet weather are still fresh in the mind it is a relief to have some dry sunny weather. However many people with ME and … Continue reading
Research: Causal attributions & perceived stigma for ME/CFS
Causal attributions and perceived stigma for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Laura Froehlich, Daniel BR Hattesohl, Joseph Cotler, Leonard A Jason , Carmen Scheibenbogen, Uta Behrends in Journal of Health Psychology, July 9 2021 [doi.org/10.1177/13591053211027631] Research abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading
Survey – Do GPs in Wales use NICE guidance?
WAMES survey – NICE guidance in Wales Survey – Do GPs in Wales use NICE guidance? People with ME are looking forward to the publication of the revised NICE guidance, expected on 18th August 2021, which hopefully doesn’t recommend … Continue reading
Research: Potential therapeutic benefit of Low Dose Naltrexone in ME/CFS
Potential Therapeutic Benefit of Low Dose Naltrexone in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: role of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 Ion channels in pathophysiology and treatment, by Helene Cabanas, Katsuhiko Muraki, Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Donald Ross Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in … Continue reading
Research: Shadow burden of undiagnosed ME/CFS on society (Latvia)
Shadow Burden of undiagnosed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) on society: retrospective and prospective—in light of COVID-19, by Diana Araja, Uldis Berkis, Asja Lunga and Modra Murovska in J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(14), 3017; [doi.org/10.3390/jcm10143017] 6 July 2021 (This article … Continue reading
